The Odds Are Stacked Against Me

We at first assumed that the discrepancy was the solution, but it didn't help us with the metapuzzle.  I'm still not sure what it means.  Hopefully that there is more to the puzzling than is currently clear.  

Sure.  Just send me a PM with what you have.

Yes, my guess is that because, in Victorian times, a number of authors reworked the story MPC wanted to give credit and point out the source of the material.

The lines and extended boxes indicate matching letters. There's a few places in the grid where titles share 6 letters in a row - so look for titles that contain the same words and see if they will fit.

I have all but 2 titles in my grid and they fit well. I'm at a loss for a 13 letter title that starts with "THE" and 20 letter title that looks like this -N---ORI-------EC-ES
Any help would be appreciated. Also, this is my first puzzle of this kind, what do I do with it when I'm done? Is there a clue in here somewhere? HELP!!!!

And when done, take a closer look at the dotted lines and notice that some